# SW18 5LA: area report for a postcode in Wandsworth

SW18 5LA is a postcode in Wandsworth.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Wandsworth. Open the map at SW18 5LA for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) › [SW18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw18) › [SW18 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw18-5)

## Around this postcode

- **62 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 59% on July. Wandsworth 025C: 40 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **Earlsfield, 660 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 300 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **No property in SW18 5LA listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Wandsworth 025C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **£694,210 average price**: For the whole of Wandsworth, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 90 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **12 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SW18 5LA**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **Loud road and rail noise at SW18 5LA**: Road 68 dB, rail 45 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA
- **14.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Southfields Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southfields-academy-e138682) | Secondary | 300 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 49.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Riversdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/riversdale-primary-school-e101018) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wimbledon Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wimbledon-park-primary-school-e102648) | Primary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, September 2022 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sheringdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sheringdale-primary-school-e101026) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 95% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Earlsfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/earlsfield-primary-school-e101005) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, March 2023 | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Floreat Wandsworth Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/floreat-wandsworth-primary-school-e140423) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Chelsea Hall School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chelsea-hall-school-e131662) | Special | 840 m (10 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Tram House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tram-house-school-e145164) | Special | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £450,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| October 2024 | £405,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| November 2023 | £340,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| June 2026 | £865,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| June 2026 | £700,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| October 2024 | £175,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| December 2023 | £435,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| July 2026 | £950,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Earlsfield (660 m, 8 minutes on foot); Southfields (710 m, 9 minutes on foot); Wimbledon Park (900 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: SOUTHFIELDS GROUP PRACTICE (90 m); ELBOROUGH STREET SURGERY (300 m); EARLSFIELD SURGERY (810 m); BROCKLEBANK HEALTH CENTRE (890 m)
- Pharmacies: REVELSTOKE PHARMACY (90 m); THOMAS JAMES CHEMIST (490 m); BOOTS (610 m); WELLBEING PHARMACY (610 m); COOKS PHARMACY (630 m)
- Dental practices: REVELSTOKE ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (360 m); DOVE DENTAL & WELLBEING SPA (510 m); PREVENTIVE DENTAL PRACTICE (610 m); EARLSFIELD DENTAL STUDIOS (690 m); SOUTHFIELDS DENTAL CENTRE (750 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Wandsworth Merton Road Local (380 m, Sainsburys); Spar - Riverdale (460 m, Spar); M&S Earlsfield SF (550 m, Marks and Spencer); Tesco Southfields Replingham Rd Express (600 m, Tesco); Tesco Earlsfield Station Express (610 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £694,210** (August 2026). Wandsworth’s average house price was £694,210 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 5.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £54,584** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wandsworth earned a median of £54,584 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 3rd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 12.7×** (2025). A home in Wandsworth costs 12.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 14th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 15.2** (2025). Wandsworth has a deprivation score of 15.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 99th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wandsworth 025C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.8** (2025). Wandsworth 025C has a deprivation score of 8.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,245th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £1,080,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wandsworth 025C was £1,080,000 in 2025. Joint 363rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,891** (2021). Wandsworth 025C had 1,891 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 7,418th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.9%** (January 2026). In Wandsworth 025C, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## SW18 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £638,845** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SW18 was £638,845 in 2025. 115th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 65,724** (2021). SW18 had 65,724 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 60th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SW18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.1%** (January 2026). In SW18, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth)
- Centre: 51.4425, -0.1972

Council: [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Putney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/putney): Fleur Anderson (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.1972,51.4425,SW185LA

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